Wherever Your Path May Lead …. RTS Takes You There!

Service Area: 92 sq. miles Service Area Population: 159,508 UZA 298 employees Fleet Size: 128 buses Fleet Age: 10 years City Routes:33 (86 buses) Campus Routes:10 (18 buses) Later Gator: 5 (13 buses) ADA Service: 22 Vans RTS contracts with MV Transportation Serving Our Community

RTS Fiscal Year Ridership ( )

New Facility? Why the need?

5 FTA FY 2002 Triennial Review: Garage is crowded... must provide plan to FTA for improving the condition… Existing facility only able to house buses. RTS fleet comprised of 126 buses. FTA FY 2005 Triennial Review: Committed to dealing with the deficiencies of the Maintenance Facility. No space for expansion of services. Why the need?

6 RTS Old Facility

7 Conditions Inefficient operations Overcrowding Lack of Storage Space Old RTS Facility

8 High energy costs Building beyond useful life High building maintenance costs

9 Based on Long Range Transportation (LRTP) and Transit Development Plan (TDP) Need assessment to accommodate larger fleet, plan for future growth, and consolidate administration 4 Phases (230 bus facility, 500 employees) Phase 1: 50 bus facility ($12.7 million) Phase 2: 50 bus facility ($20.6 million) Phase 3: 65 buses ($24.2 million) Phase 4: 65 buses ($8.6 million) Cost of approximately $66.1 million Available Funds in 2011 ($13.7 million) RTS Master Plan

10 Design Build approach Design for all phases and combined to 2014 (Phase1) and 2025 (Phase 2) Construction of phase 1 RTS Project Approach

Employee Entrance/Exit Employee Parking Stormwater Management Facility Maintenance Building & Body Prep/Paint Bus Wash Fuel Tanks Fuel Service Building Admin. / Operations Building 2025 Plan 2014 Plan Phase 1 Funded 2025 Plan Phase 2 Funding Requested FUNDING PLAN Bus Storage Bus Entrance/Exit +/- 20 acres total area Phased Construction Phase 1 +/- 29,650 SF Admin & Ops +/- 59,720 SF Maintenance +/- 6,380 SF Fuel Service +/- 3,200 SF Fuel Tanks +/- 12,728 SF Bus Wash +/- 150 Bus Storage +/- 372 Parking Spaces Roadway Improvements SE 13 th Road SE 13 th Avenue SE Veitch Street Resurfacing Reconstruction Utility Work Lighting Sidewalk Phase 2 Future Property +/- 50 Bus Storage RTS Plan

12 Property Purchases: NEPA Engineering and Design: ADA Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG) Value Engineering Constructability/Peer Review Service Life (Useful Life, 40 year facility) Procurement: Buy America certification Independent Cost Estimate Cost and/or Price Analysis Brooks Act must be followed for AE services RTS Project Approach

13 Construction: The final deliverable must adhere to plans and specs Original Scope of project must be carried out in construction Maintain competent and adequate engineering supervision at the construction site Emphasis placed on managing a project within its budget Delivery of project within schedule Quality Assurance in final product RTS Project Approach

14 Design-Build team works well on a phased project Good Project Manager with FTA experience Buy America (Have Local Funds available) Have an FTA consultant available to review documents (PMP, SSMP, etc.) Conduct Peer Review RTS Facility – Lessons Learned

15 Visit other properties (Learned from other agencies mistakes) Plan for future growth Conduct owner direct purchases on large part of the project to save funds Make efforts to meet DBE goal (DBE goal was 1.87%, DBE participation was 8.2%) Created Jobs (over 700 people worked on this project) RTS Facility – Lessons Learned

16 Corrine Brown Transit Facility

17 Corrine Brown Transit Facility